Davita - Chester Dialysis is a medicare approved dialysis facility center in Chester, Virginia and it has 17 dialysis stations. It is located in Chesterfield county at 10360 Ironbridge Rd, Chester, VA, 23831. You can reach out to the office of Davita - Chester Dialysis at (804) 768-6770. This dialysis clinic is managed and/or owned by Davita. Davita - Chester Dialysis has the following ownership type - Profit. It was first certified by medicare in August, 2000. The medicare id for this facility is 492607 and it accepts patients under medicare ESRD program.
| Name | Davita - Chester Dialysis |
|---|---|
| Location | 10360 Ironbridge Rd, Chester, Virginia |
| No. of Dialysis Stations | 17 |
| Medicare ID | 492607 |
| Managed By | Davita |
| Ownership Type | Profit |
| Late Shifts | Yes |
| 10360 Ironbridge Rd, Chester, Virginia, 23831 | |
| (804) 768-6770 | |
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| NPI Number | 1871557066 |
| Organization Name | Chester Dialysis |
| Doing Business As | Dva Healthcare Renal Care Inc |
| Address | 10360 Iron Bridge Rd Chester, Virginia, 23831 |
| Phone Number | (804) 768-6770 |
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African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who reported that nephrologists always communicated and cared for them. | 49% | 67% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists usually communicated and cared for them. | 17% | 15% |
| Patients who reported that nephrologists sometimes or never communicated and cared for them. | 34% | 18% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 31% | 60% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 36% | 26% |
| Patients who gave their nephrologists a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 33% | 14% |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
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African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff always communicated well, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 53% | 62% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff usually communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free as possible. | 26% | 20% |
| Patients who reported that dialysis center staff sometimes or never communicated, kept patients comfortable and pain-free. | 21% | 18% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 31% | 62% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 52% | 26% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis facility staff a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 17% | 12% |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
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African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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| Experience Measure | Provider | National Avg. |
|---|---|---|
| Patients who reported that 'YES', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 73% | 80% |
| Patients who reported that 'NO', their nephrologists and dialysis center staff does not provided them the information they needed to take care of them. | 27% | 20% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 9 or 10 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 40% | 68% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 7 or 8 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 42% | 20% |
| Patients who gave their dialysis center a rating of 6 or less than 6 on a scale of 0 (worst possible) to 10 (best possible). | 18% | 12% |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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| Dialysis patients with Hemoglobin data | 53 |
| Medicare patients who had average hemoglobin (hgb) less than 10 g/dL | 11 |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
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Adult patinets who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be atleast 1.7, that means they are receiving right amount of dialysis. Pediatric patients who undergo hemodialysis, their Kt/V should be atleast 1.2 and for peritoneal dialysis the Kt/V should be 1.8.
Higher percentages should be better.
| Adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 89 |
| Adult patient months included in Kt/V greater than or equal to 1.2 | 872 |
| Percentage of adult patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center | 95 |
| Percentage of pediatric patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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An important goal of dialysis is to maintain normal levels of various minerals in the body, such as calcium. This shows the percentage of patients treated at Davita - Chester Dialysis with elevated calcium levels.
| Patients with hypercalcemia | 94 |
| Hypercalcemia patient months | 917 |
| Hypercalcemia patients with serumcalcium greater than 10.2 mg | 1 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor | 102 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor less than 3.5 mg/dL | 4 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 3.5 to 4.5 mg/dL | 17 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 4.6 to 5.5 mg/dL | 32 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor from 5.6 to 7 mg/dL | 28 |
| Patients with Serumphosphor greater than 7 mg/dL | 19 |
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African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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The arteriovenous (AV) fistulae is considered long term vascular access for hemodialysis because it allows good blood flow, lasts a long time, and is less likely to get infected or cause blood clots than other types of access. Patients who don't have time to get a permanent vascular access before they start hemodialysis treatments may need to use a venous catheter as a temporary access.
| Patients included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 79 |
| Patient months included in arterial venous fistula and catheter summaries | 664 |
| Percentage of patients getting regular hemodialysis at the center that used an arteriovenous (AV) fistulae for their treatment | 76 |
| Percentage of patients receiving treatment through Vascular Catheter for 90 days/longer | 10 |
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Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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The rate of hospitalization show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at a certain dialysis center were admitted to the hospital more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other centers.
| Standard Hospitalization Summary Ratio(SHR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Hospitalization Summary | 73 |
| Hospitalization Rate in facility | 196.9 (As Expected) |
| Hospitalization Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 327.3 |
| Hospitalization Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 121.8 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
› Verified 5 days ago
The rate of readmission show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita - Chester Dialysis were readmitted more often (worse than expected), less often (better than expected), or about the same (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other dialysis centers.
| Standard Readmission Summary Ratio(SRR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Readmission Rate in facility | 29.3 (As Expected) |
| Readmission Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 44.7 |
| Readmission Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 17.4 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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Hemodialysis treatment requires direct access to the bloodstream, which can be an opportunity for germs to enter the body and cause infection. This information shows how often patients at Davita - Chester Dialysis get infections in their blood each year compared to the number of infections expected for the center based on the national average.
| Standard Infection Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Infection Rate in facility | 2.51 (Worse than Expected) |
| SIR: Upper Confidence Limit | 4.18 |
| SIR: Lower Confidence Limit | 1.4 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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Patients with anemia require blood transfusions if their anemia is not managed well by their dialysis center. This information shows whether Davita - Chester Dialysis's rate of transfusions is better than expected, as expected, or worse than expected, compared to other centers that treat similar patients.
| Standard Transfusion Summary Ratio (STrR) Year | January, 2016 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Transfusion Summary | 66 |
| Transfusion Rate in facility | 40 (As Expected) |
| Transfusion Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 96.7 |
| Transfusion Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 18.4 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
› Verified 5 days ago
The rate of mortality show you whether patients who were being treated regularly at Davita - Chester Dialysis lived longer than expected (better than expected), don’t live as long as expected (worse than expected), or lived as long as expected (as expected), compared to similar patients treated at other facilities.
| Standard Survival Summary Ratio(SIR) Year | January, 2013 - December, 2016 |
| Patients in facility's Survival Summary | 381 |
| Mortality Rate in facility | 18.5 (As Expected) |
| Mortality Rate: Upper Confidence Limit | 24.6 |
| Mortality Rate: Lower Confidence Limit | 13.6 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
› Verified 5 days ago
Davita - Chester Dialysis Location: 10360 Ironbridge Rd, Chester, Virginia, 23831 Phone: (804) 768-6770 |
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Happy Hour Effect(TM), a health supplement and online presence specifically created to help ease employment stress and promote work/life balance, is pleased to announce the launch of "The Happy Hour Effect(TM) Balance Plan" just in time for our 2010 New Year's resolutions.
In response to reports that women may be using an unapproved drug, domperidone, to increase milk production (lactation), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning breastfeeding women not to use this product because of safety concerns. Today, FDA also issued six letters to pharmacies that compound products containing domperidone and firms that supply domperidone for use in compounding.
Duke University Medical Center researchers have found that patients with six specific variants of genes involved in the body's immune response are significantly more likely to suffer damage of heart tissue after cardiac surgery.
Novartis announced today new results for Cosentyx® (secukinumab) showing no further progression in joint damage in 84% of patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). In addition, Cosentyx maintained a treatment response in joint and skin disease, physical function and quality of life in patients over two years of treatment. These results from the extension phase of the FUTURE 1 study were presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) in San Francisco, United States.
African Americans experience a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an important tool to lower the risk of plaque building up in the arteries.
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